Teachers ‘live in a parallel universe’ study finds

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Teachers live in a “parallel universe” from teenagers and employers and consistently over-rate how well they prepare students for work, a study found.

A survey found that 61 per cent of teachers in Britain believed that school and college leavers were well prepared to get a job. But only 40 per cent of teenagers thought they were ready to start a job. Among employers the figure was even lower, at 36 per cent.

McKinsey, the global consultancy, said that poor links between educators, employers and students was the main cause of the paradox of high unemployment matched by skills shortages